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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-10
LATER NEWS.

On the 9th there was little or no change In
the labor situation in New York. The
freight blockade at the piers continues.
CHARLIE ANDERSON, nine years old, STEP
ped from Little Miami train, going thirty
miles an hour and was picked up unin-
jured.
THE Texas Legislature is trying to pass
a bill to prohibit dealing in futures. The
penal clause authorizes both fine and i'm
prisonment.
THE body of Alfred Blizzard, farmer Of
Hill Grove, near Greenville, O., was found
in creek, with dozen horrible gashes
disfiguring it. Blizzard is supposed to
have been murdered for his money or
killed in house Of ill repute in Green
vile.
Mrs. FISHER, an aged lady living alone
near Lima, o., was burned to death while
building fire.
SCoTT County, KY, has voted 81, 600 to-
ward extending the Midland and Yer
sailles railroad to Georgetown.
teen, shot Lizzie Cragham, aged fifteen, in
fit of jealosy.
JOHN BRANDON, Forest City, Ark, killed
his brother, Richard w. Brandon, who
was his partner In business.
STEVE RUcKER and Merritt leopard, two
Macon, Ga, negroes, fought high-toned
duel, in which Rucker was killed and Hep
pard wounded.
CHARLES STEINKAMr, well-known to the
police, was arrested and identified as the
man who tried to assassinate J. W.
Fitzgerald, police Judge of Cincinnati.
JOHN GRABER's two children, living near
Mt. Eaton, O., died suddenly of trichino-
sis; from eating ham. Three other men,
bers of the family are dangerously i'll.
AT Lena, Ind, Albert Wright, aged
head because his sweetheart refused to
marry him in opposition to the wishes Of
her parents.
BY the breaking of rail. an express
train was precipitated through bridge
near Woodstock, VT. Fire then broke out,
consuming the wreck. Thirty-three bodies
have been recovered, and it is supposed
the total number of lives lost will reach
forty.
AN extensively felt earthquake visited
portions of Missouri, Illinois and Indiana
on the 9th.
IT is estimated that $50, 100000 will be
required to carry out the provisions OF the
pending disability pension bill"
THE House Committee Oh Pensions have
received the professional certificates of
Drs. Baxter and Hamilton, who attended
the late General John A. Logan, in which
they declare the General died of cerebral
rheumatism, contracted by exposure dur
ing the war.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-10
WIT AND WISDOM.

Our condition never satisfies MS;
tile present is always the worst. Though
Jupiter should grant his request to
each, we should con tinue to importune
him.-Fo,staine.
-"Do you object to smoking, Miss
FLOP" asked young Dumley. ..Not at
ALL" replied Miss Flo. ..But don't
want pa I'd see me. He's got old-fash-
ioned notions about such .,l.ings, you
know"
Customer Gin restaurant). Waiter,
isn't it strange that should find sew
eral flies in my soupp Waiter (some-
what amazed). It am strange for .
fac, sab, fer dis season OBJ the yeah
Hdrper's Bazar.
"A newly arrived Swede, who didn't
know word of English, conceived
the idea of sending himself by ex-
press from New York to Milwaukee;
but he failed, because he couldn't
find words to express himself.-M r
Journal.
old gentleman (walking very care
fully)-Hallo, bub! This fine snow sort
of covers up the ice so that you can't
see it, doesn't it? Small boy .(holding
on to the fence)- You're right, old
man, but you feel it just as much when
you sit down.-LosOeU Citizen.
1t Does Not Pay.
SIT never pays to wreck the health
In drudt,ing after gain,
And he is sold who thinks that gold
Is cheaply bought with pain.
A humble lot, a cosey cot,
Have tempted even kings;
For station high that wealth will buy,
Naught of contentment brings"
You are like the weather." said
Jones to witty young lady. THAT is
rather doubtful compliment, Mr..
JONES'" she replied. "The weather is
variable. you know "Yes," re-
sponded Jones; perhaps it is. But it
always makes itself felt, you know
Chicago Tribune.
Madame DeV. is looking over her
linen. "Why, Flo." she says to the
laundrymaid, show is it that you have
not marked all my pocket-handker-
chiefs with my initials?'' ..I have done
so, madam; stitched the letters of your
name on the first handkerchief and
marked all the others ditto. "-IosOn
and Country.
We must find weak spot or two
in character before we can love il
much. People who do not laugh or
cry, or take more of any thing than is
good for them. or use any thing but
dictionary words, are admirable sub
jects for biographers. But we don't
care most for those fine pattern flowers
that press best in the herbarium.-O.
W Holmes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-10
swlNDLED coLoREo MEN.

How the Democracy Are Attempting to
Right a Great Republican Wrong.
Soon after the war the Republican
politicians, in order to show their great
love for the race whom the fortunes of
war had set free, got up swindling
concern called the sFreedman's Bank"
1t ramitied into all the Southern States,
and the colored people were taught to
believe that the United States Govern
ment would secure all depositors. They
took the bait and most of the poor de-
luded wretches have never seen their
money since. Many of them are dead,
and buried in very poor graves.
1t remained for Democratic Presi-
dent to recommend that some restitu-
ton be made to such of the unhappy
victims of the swindle as still live. I'M
mediately fresh lot of swindlers
started up and began buying the GER
tificates of deposit and other evidences
of the banks Indebtedness to its de-
positors. As soon as that was done a
bill was introduced by Senator Sher-
man to reimburse the depositors.
But fortunately some of the Senators
were aware of the attempted second
swindle, and in committee Incorporated
the following amendment:
No part of the money hereby appropriated
shall be paid to any assignee of any such de-
positors, and the benefit and relief provided by
this act shall extend only to those depositors in
whose favor such balances have been properly
verified, and to their heirs and legal repre-
sentatives.
This is as it should be. No assign
ment of any deposit has been made for
any except a swindler's consideration.
The original depositors may have traded
off their certificates for circus tickets,
or some such consideration. If they
and their heirs can be found and given
back their money it will simply be set
tling up the accounts of lot of Re-
publican swindlers out of charity to
their victims.
Shall we ever get done paying for
the corruption of twenty-five years of
Republican rulep 1t seems as if the
bills come in pretty thick and pretty
constantly. Let us hope they will run
out some time. We should think the
average Republican would blush to
read such telegraphic news as that re-
lating to the Freedman's Bank.-Des
-Hotnes Leader.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-10
LIFE'S MILESTONES.
Some Thoughts Suggested by the Frequent
Recurrence of Birthdays.

Some Thoughts Suggested by the Frequent
Recurrence of Birthdays.
have just succeeded in passing an
other birthday. 1t was not counter
felt birthday, therefore had no trouble
in passing it. 1t was the first birthday
I had seen for year, but it looked so
natural that 1 knew it the minute / saw
it. Ihave seen SO many of them, you
know, and they have been coming 50
internally regular of late, that would
know one if didn't see it. In the
calm, still night, when nothing can be
heard save the mercury sliding down
into the bulb of the thermometer, my
birthday comes up the back stairs.
crawls through the keyhole, and in less
than minute have another year
added to my age. This has been kept
up until it has grown monotonous, but
what am to do about it?
When man is boy, or rather be-
fore the boy becomes man, his birth
days come around SO slowly that he
fears he will die of old age before he
will see the next one, and in some
cases it is pity he doesn't. He wants
to be man and spit tobacco juice over
the surrounding scenery, or put his
eighteen karat name on a promissory
note. He wants to be his own boss.
But too soon the day comes when he
would rather be a boy than Jim Cum
nings. You see, I've had experience.
When man hasn't time to recover
from rough and tumble with one
birthday before another one grabs him
and whirls him around few times, he
may well remark: "Here's pretty
state of things!''
A birthday is something that we have
all had more or less experience with, I
think. Some of us, especially the old
maid portion of us, have learned how
to handle it carefully and conceal its
blemishes, or sequester it entirely.
They think old Father Time is rather
fast for one of his age, and I don't
blame 'em. What right has he to jum-
BILE ones birthdays together like dice
in box until you don't know which
will come out first?
twenty-five or thirty years ago these
things did not weigh on my mind as
they do now. Then sat on the fence
and whistled a gladstone refrain as I
swung sore toe athwart the glorious
sunlight, or tried to penetrate two
acres of unsympathetic ice with my fer
tile brain. I have long since turned
my back upon the past, but the past
don't care for that. The present, with
its corns and toothaches, engrosses
large portion of my time, and l am
willing to let the past go. If 1 had it
to do over again, I believe I'd be an
old maid from the start, and then I
could get along without any birthdays.
M. r. White, in GoodalE's iSun.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-10
MEXICAN VANILLA.
Now the Beans Are Cultivated and Pre-
pared for the Market.

pared for the Market.
The vanilla bean casually called
vainilla) is the produce of an orchid
creeper which. although growing from
the root, is parasite, as it will grow
even when cut from the root; for it
takes its substance from the tree, around
which it clings by means of its thou
sands of fine tendrils. Like all para
sites, there are trees which are par
ticularly adapted to its support. They
are planted about ten feet apart, in
rows, at the foot of small trees which
are left in clearing the land. They be-
gin to bear the third year, and in
favorable years give from $400 to 81 600
per acre. No cultivation is needed but
to cut down the grass and weeds, no
plowing or digging being necessary.
The bean is often gathered in Septem-
ber and October, but if left till the end
of November or December it comes to
perfection. 1t is then gathered care
fully and spread out in the sun on
mats, if the weather be favorable, but
if otherwise, it is placed in ovens; which
processes change the color from a pale
green to rich brownish or purple, and
at the same time develop the oil, which
on pressure, exudes from the bean. They
are then packed in blankets while
warm, and put into large tin cases to
go through sweating process; again
put in the sun, and again in the blank
cts, until they attain the proper color.
They are then placed in a. dry
room upon shelves made of
some open material, so that the
air can circulate around and
under them. This evaporates all the
watery part of the bean. When sufi-
GENTLY dried, they are put into large
cases ready to be assorted into sizes
and qualities. The person that raises
the bean seldom cures them, for that
requires good deal Of care and spec
ial attention. There are about fifteen
different classes, but they are sold by
the packers at one round price. The
people will work only about one hun
dred days in the year, which provides
them with all they need; and as they
will do no more, there is very little in
crease in the production of any thing.
When the beans are assorted, they are
tied up neatly in punches of fifty beans
each, and packed in cases often hold
ing from two to three thousand. These
tin cases are lined with tin foil, and q
ticket placed on the lid giving the
quality, size and quantity. Some five
or six of these tin cases are put into a
neatly-made cedar-chest, which is
sometimes lined with zinc and hermet-
ically sealed, SO as to prevent moisture
from getting to the vanilla in trans
port, which would ruin it. These ce-
dar cases are then sewed in mats and
covered with a coarse bagging, to avoid
the danger of transportation on mules.
In this manner all the Mexican vanilla
goes to places of sale in Europe and the
United States. Formerly France was
the great market for Mexican vanilla,
but the enterprise of some of the Amer
can merchants has diverted the trade
to New York, which is now the great
depot of vanilla.-Druggists' Circular.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-10
A True Recollection.

Judge-Was it in the daytime or at
night that you heard the noise made BY
some one trying to enter the houseP
Witness-It was in the night.
care you positive?"
'.Yes; it must have been after DARK.
for, you see, I've only got q dim recol-
lection of it,''-M z Telegram.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-10
An Artistic Crook.

She Cat balD-How gracefully that
foreign-looking gentleman dances, and
how genteelly he crooks his little finger
in the air.
He-Ycs, he gets that crook from hia
profession.
Shells he an artist?
He-Yes, a tonsorial artist-M Y
Hun.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-10

There seems to be nothing under
The sun, however valueless it may ap-
pear to be, that can not be put to some
good use if it can only be discovered
what that use is. Even that intolerable
pest to the general farmer, the Canada
thistle, is found by vinyardists to be
an excellent green manure if plough
ed under at the right time. 1t supplies
vegetable matter to the soil, and rens
ders it more friable.-M Y. E1ansi,sey.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-10

one OF the gang engaged in the recent
5000 fur robbery in Cleveland. At Ra
VIENNA, o., the car was boarded by foul
armed men, who suddenly attacked the
officers with coupling pins and revolvers,
and after desperate fight overpowered
them, rescued the prisoners and made their
escape. Both officers were terribly beaten,
and Captain Hoehn was shot three times.
Their recovery is doubtful A reward OF
81, 900 has been offered for the capture Of
the assassins.
The Supreme Court of Washington Terri
tory has decided that the bill granting
suffrage to women is unconstitutional. The
act was passed by the Legislature in 1885
and women have been voting in the Terri
tory ever since.
Charles Talbot, the night clerk Of the
Gayosse Hotel, Memphis, Tenn, who a few
days ago robbed Fanny Davenport of her
diamonds, valued at SIC, 900, was arrested at
Kansas City, Mo-, on the 4th.
The oldest chancery case in the history
of Illinois was settled at Peoria few days
ago by agreement. 1t is that Of Atwood
vs.. Prettyman, and involves the ownership
of 1,SO0 acres Of land in Mason County,
valued at $3.50, 900. The case has been on
trial for over forty years.
A premature explosion at the Inman iron
mines near Nashville, Tenn, on the Sd re-
suited in the killing of two convicts and the
wounding of eight others.
Judge Thomas 8. Ashee, of the North
Carolina Supreme Court, died at Wades-
boro, that State, on the 4th.
By the giving away of scaffold in the
new court house at Columbus, O., on the
4th five frescoers were precipitated eigh-
teen feet to the floor beneath. All were
seriously hurt, but it is not believed the in
juries of any will prove fatal.
The widow Of the Rev. F. F. Ford, who
died in Kansas City, Mo-, about one year
ago, leaving an estate worth nearly $780,
900, is trying to break the will which cnti
her OF with S25, 900 per year and the use of
the homestead in Madison, Wis. The bulk
Of the property was bequeathed to an only
child, and in case Of his death it goes to
Hamilton college, N. Y.
With the aid of three Republicans the
Democrats in the lower house of the New
Mexico Legislature on the 4th passed
resolution declaring the sitting members of
the House entitled to their seats, thus shut
ting out contests and heading off the at
tempt of the Republicans to get the two
thirds majority required to pass bills over
the Governors veto.
A judgment for 500, 200 damages was Sc
cured in the court at Clinton, Ia, on the Sd
by Father F. G.. Dean, Catholic priest,
against Bishop Hennessy, of Dubuque, who
some time ago removed Father Dean from
his pastorate at Lyons.
The Alabama Senate has passed joint
resolution providing for an amendment to
the constitution prohibiting the manufac-
submitted to vote at the election next
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-10

The announcement that Mr..
Blaine is to speak in Detroit on Wash
ington's Birthday is a very gratifying
one. The people of Detroit have heard
in a vague, uncertain way of Washing
ton, and they will be glad to hear more
of him from so eloquent an orator as
MIR. Blaine. 1t is said that Mr.. Blaine
is a great admirer of the Father of His
Country, the secret of his admiration
being that Washington never wrote
any thing that he wanted burned, and
could not tell a lie, no matter how hard
he tried. Qualities like these might
well inspire the Plumed Knight with
deep enthusiasm, and something un-
common may be expected when he
comes to speak of them.-Detroit Ere,
Press.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-10
the EAST.

Mrs. Lucy Barber, who was arrested for
voting, was discharged at Alfred Center,
N. Y, on the I'd. The United States Com
missioner held that only the State courts
had jurisdiction in the case, and they must
be resorted to.
Peter Mack, James Smith and Hugh
Trainor were killed near Hyde Park, Mass,
on the I'd, while walking on the railroad
track. They stepped of one track to avoid
train, but got in front of another train
and were frightfully mangled.
Prof. John De Leon, convicted at New
York of kidnapping and sending young
women to Panama for immoral purposes,
was on the Sd sentenced by Judge Glider
sleeve TO fifteen years Imprisonment at
hard labor in Sing Sing.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-10

The coroners inquest into the cause Of
the death of August Bohle, whose body
was cut up and shipped from New York to
Baltimore in a trunk, was held on the 1st
and resulted in verdict charging Edward
Unger with the crime Unger's confession
was part of the evidence.
After fifteen years of litigation the Mu-
tual Life Insurance Company of New York
paid the claim of Mrs. Wackerle, Of St.
Louis, the death of whose husband was
doubted. Mrs. Wackerle has been living
in poverty, but now recov ers about $25, 900.
Early on the morning Of the I'd fire broke
out in the steam laundry connected with
the female department of the State Indus
trial Home at Rochester, N. Y, spreading
rapidly through the building, which is a
fine four-story structure. The inmates were
all safely rescued. Loss $1,000; no insur-
ance.
An unsuccessful attempt was made on
the night of the 1st to rob the Jersey City
IN. J.) post-ofice. Seven masked men sur
prised and overpowered the night watch
man, and worked five hours trying to get
into the safe. The combination was broken
and three attempts made to blow the safe
open with powder, but it resisted all their
efforts. A large quantity of mail matter
was carried off.
:. Rev. DIR. McGlynn has commenced his
reply to Rome, having done so at the sug-
gestion of Cardinal Gibbons. It appears to
be understood that McGlynn will not go to
Rome.
Manager Carpenter, Of Lorillard & Co.,
estimates that the strikers at the firms
tobacco factory in Jersey City lost $4,000
in wages by the recent strike.
The Pennsylvania Senate on the Sd passed
a bill providing for the submission of pro-
hibition amendment to the State constitu-
tion to a vote of the people.
At meeting of the Western Window
Glass Association in Pittsburgh on the Sd,
a resolution was adopted advancing the
price from five to seve n and a half per cent.
The Fall River (Mass.) Iron Works,
which have been in operation for fifty
years, have shut down permanently and all
hands have been discharged. 1t was found
impossible to compete with Western works
that are near the base OF the natural gas
and iron supplies.
The body found drowned near Stapleton,
L. L, a few days ago, has been Identified as
Professor Cyrus c. Salisbury, of New York.
Sophia Congdon died at Willimantic,
Conn, few days ago, aged ITO years and
seven months, as shown by the family rec
ords. "a So
At Lyme, N, H., on the 4th Stephen
Lamphier shot and killed Mrs. Mark Don
aldson, aged fifty, and then shot himself
dead. He was a boarder in the Donaldson
family and was considered mentally un-
sound.
A great revival is in progress in DR.. Tai
mage's Church in Brooklyn. So far, 1900
persons have been converted.
Business failures throughout the United
States for the seven days ended February4
number for the United States 229, Canada
80; total 261, compared with 81 the previous
week.
Over 5000 steel smelters in Pittsburgh
have demanded higher wages and threaten
to strike if their demands are not granted.
The Stiles & Parker Press Company's
plant at Middletown, Conn, with the ex-
ception Of the foundry, was destroyed by
by insurance
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-10

-Pocket-warmers are new device
for keeping the hands warm. Awarmer
is composed of a tin box an inch in di-
ameter and six inches long, holding
fuse of slow-burning material, which
burns for more than an hour without
smoke or gas. The warmer is put in a
pocket or carried in q muff.-Bostos
Journal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-10

Bushes cards Of nvo lines or lo1o y pof ennuU4
Local notices 10 cent? per line each neeFtidq simple
announcements OF marriages and deathss a1d chur6t
per lintl
Fsvoi1 must be handed In - early - .fueQday
morning to insure insertion the same week. Co.
are solicited. ffsf
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-10

"A curious sight illustrated the pow
erty of some of the London population.
a boy of about sixteen years of age
offered to swim in the mud for six
pence and lay fiat on his stomach in
the middle of the muddy street, while
making motions with his arms and legs
to represent a man swimming. A
couple of well-dressed young men
stood on the sidewalk amused at the
exhibition which theirpennies produced.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-10

Paper bottles were patented in
America in 1893. Their sale was not
extensive at firsk but now that Eu-
ropean patents have been secured, COW
ering nearly all fields of probable COM
petition, the controllers of the patents,
we are informed, intend to manufac-
ture the bottles in large quantities. Pa
per being an excellent non-conductor,
fluids stored in air-tight paper bottles
will withstand more intense degree
of heat or cold than they could endure
without injury in bottles of any other
material. Boston Journal of Commerce.